A book telling the plight of the Palestinians under the longest military occupation in modern times has just been made available on the Internet in flip-page form.
It comes at a critical time for Palestinians as the UN considers their bid for statehood while America and the EU try to derail the application and force them back to negotiations with their tormentor, Israel.
The book, by Stuart Littlewood and Phillip Vine, was inspired by visits to the Occupied Territories. “The Holy Land and its people made a lasting impression on us both,” says Stuart. “Phillip produced the deeply moving poetry while my task was to shoot pictures and write the narrative.”
Radio Free Palestine is 172 pages with over 110 colour photos. It can now be read by visiting
Stuart hopes it will help people understand what lies behind the Palestinians’ application to the United Nations. “It is a story of betrayal by the Western Powers, especially Britain and the United States. It is not taught in schools or covered accurately by mainstream media, and Parliament is so heavily influenced by the pro-Israel lobby that honest debate is regarded as ‘politically incorrect’.”
The Foreword, by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jeff Halper, Co-ordinator of ICAHD (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, see www.icahd.org ), describes the book as “a cry from the heart, written in moral anger by a person who bothered to leave his comfortable surroundings far from the suffering of another people, the Palestinians, and share, witness, expose and protest in the strongest voice he could find at what he saw and heard, what so few others have even cared to see or hear.”
Christians and Muslims in the West Bank and Gaza have been slaughtered or had their homes, farms and water resources stolen while waiting in vain 63 years for the international community to deliver justice. Those who remain are prisoners inside sealed borders, unable to travel freely within their own territory, visit relatives, find work, choose which university to attend, or even worship at their holy places in Jerusalem. Israel now plans to steal their offshore gas.
Gaza continues to suffer under naval blockade and two-and-a-half years ago was ferociously bombarded in a killing-spree that annihilated 1,400 souls including hundreds of women and children, leaving thousands more maimed, making tens of thousands homeless and destroying vital infrastructure. Ships bringing humanitarian relief have been attack on the high seas with impunity . Fishermen are regularly fired on if they put to sea.
The Christian population, once 20 percent, has now dwindled to around 2 percent. At this rate there will soon be no Christians where Christianity was born. The United Nations does nothing, Western Christendom does nothing and Britain and the EU continue to reward Israel with trading privileges.
Radio Free Palestine was published in 2007 and sold through Church channels so has not been widely available until now. “Phillip and I thought we should put it on the web for anyone and everyone to read in the hope that more people will know what is happening and why an immediate end to the occupation is so important to world peace,” says Stuart.
“We wish all our friends in the Palestine good fortune in their quest for justice and freedom.”
Stuart Littlewood
Stuart Littlewood is a marketing specialist turned writer-photographer. He is a regular contributor to online news magazines such as VeteransToday, PalestineChronicle, RamallahOnline, Salem-News, MyCatbirdSeat, Intifada-Palestine, SabbahReport, Redress and ThePeoplesVoice, which carry news and comment suppressed by mainstream media. He can be contacted at stubizz@gmail.com (correspondence only, no junk please).
It is amazing how the spin media continues to spin. After the atrocity in Norway, they were quick to blame “Muslim terrorists”. Then suddenly silence when it became clear that the attacker espoused Zionist and ultra-right views against Muslims, against Palestinians and against “multiculturalism”. In fact hardly any mainstream bnewspaper reported that the Utoya Island youth camp targeted by this criminal had signs for “boycott Israel”. No mainstream media used the language used when such a person happen to come from a Muslim background. We did not hear terms like “Christian Terrorist” or “Norwegian fanatic” or even “Zionist terrorist”. *
Here in the real world where spin does not go far, home demolitions continue and racism cannot be hidden by fig leafs of spin language. Here many Palestinian and Israeli politicians surround themselves with “yes men” that nod their heads at all pronouncements of those on power. Forming a ring around these “leaders” and facing only each other, the real world fades into the background and the “make-belief” world becomes the only available image of reality. Mirrors, fog, and magic replace objectivity. In the elite screens in Washington, Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Tel-Aviv, there is no place for Al-Walaja, Al-Araqib, Atwani, Awarta, or Jib Theib. There seems to be no place for ordinary hungry, destitute people in places where meals are served in nice hotel rooms. But people (including politicians) must wake-up as the charade of indecency is exposed and the last curtain is lifted and the last nail in the coffin of the infamous Oslo accords is hammered (likely this September!). Perhaps then, more people will join us in working to ensure an end to apartheid and, not merely a vague “Palestinian state” in parts of the West Bank and Gaza but for a free Palestine from the river to the sea. Then we will enter the difficult but essential work of building a democratic state for all its people (Jews, Christian, Muslim, other). I see this change coming, I see politicians beginning to get nervous and ask for new ideas. It is all beginnings of healthy recoveries from the dodrums.
PS: Al-Bab cultural group will review my Arabic book on popular resistance (meeting open but is in Arabic) Tuesday at 5 PM in Al-Rowwad center, Aida Refugee Camp.
There is so much more for us to do to educate our communities about the Israeli blockade of Gaza, the apartheid walls in the West Bank, the illegal settlements and other colonial activities. Organize your own flotilla in a lake near your home that rents little boats–this film is from Madrid, Spain-taking over the lake with boats with Palestinian flags! http://www.youtube.com/user/maritacassan#p/u/3/ysEA5XfM6Hk
http://www.alrowwad-acts.psIt is amazing how the spin media continues to spin. After the atrocity in Norway, they were quick to blame “Muslim terrorists”. Then suddenly silence when it became clear that the attacker espoused Zionist and ultra-right views against Muslims, against Palestinians and against “multiculturalism”. In fact hardly any mainstream bnewspaper reported that the Utoya Island youth camp targeted by this criminal had signs for “boycott Israel”. No mainstream media used the language used when such a person happen to come from a Muslim background. We did not hear terms like “Christian Terrorist” or “Norwegian fanatic” or even “Zionist terrorist”. *
Here in the real world where spin does not go far, home demolitions continue and racism cannot be hidden by fig leafs of spin language. Here many Palestinian and Israeli politicians surround themselves with “yes men” that nod their heads at all pronouncements of those on power. Forming a ring around these “leaders” and facing only each other, the real world fades into the background and the “make-belief” world becomes the only available image of reality. Mirrors, fog, and magic replace objectivity. In the elite screens in Washington, Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Tel-Aviv, there is no place for Al-Walaja, Al-Araqib, Atwani, Awarta, or Jib Theib. There seems to be no place for ordinary hungry, destitute people in places where meals are served in nice hotel rooms. But people (including politicians) must wake-up as the charade of indecency is exposed and the last curtain is lifted and the last nail in the coffin of the infamous Oslo accords is hammered (likely this September!). Perhaps then, more people will join us in working to ensure an end to apartheid and, not merely a vague “Palestinian state” in parts of the West Bank and Gaza but for a free Palestine from the river to the sea. Then we will enter the difficult but essential work of building a democratic state for all its people (Jews, Christian, Muslim, other). I see this change coming, I see politicians beginning to get nervous and ask for new ideas. It is all beginnings of healthy recoveries from the dodrums.
PS: Al-Bab cultural group will review my Arabic book on popular resistance (meeting open but is in Arabic) Tuesday at 5 PM in Al-Rowwad center, Aida Refugee Camp.
There is so much more for us to do to educate our communities about the Israeli blockade of Gaza, the apartheid walls in the West Bank, the illegal settlements and other colonial activities. Organize your own flotilla in a lake near your home that rents little boats–this film is from Madrid, Spain-taking over the lake with boats with Palestinian flags! http://www.youtube.com/user/maritacassan#p/u/3/ysEA5XfM6Hk
Report: Israeli killed in New Zealand earthquake was Mossad agent (note the Jewish Zionist prime minister of New Zealand covered it up in the same way the US government covered up the deliberate Israeli attack on the USS Liberty) http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-israeli-killed-in-new-zealand-earthquake-was-mossad-agent-1.374109
South African Theologian Farid Esack Open Letter to the Palestinian People written on the Apartheid wall
Israel Rules Out Non-Violence: The Method in Netanyahu’s Madness By JONATHAN COOK
http://www.counterpunch.org/cook07192011.html
Demonstrations to stop US collaboration and aid to the Israeli apartheid regime (Sept 10 White house, Set 15 UN) http://www.facebook.com/pages/STOP-USAid-to-Israel/222256727814644
[great analysis] The grumpy diplomats of the rogue state by Ilan Pappe
Article 19 - Freedom of Movement and Residence (Click for larger image)
Val Kerry, 8th June 2011
As someone who is completely detached from Palestine and Israel via historical, family or geographical background I am still baffled by the bully tactics by some Jewish Israeli citizens who appear to always refer everyone back to the equally disgusting treatment of their own proud and notably cultural people during the unforgivable crimes of the Holocaust. Why then do they proceed to treat another culturally rich and proud people who are as human as they who also deserve respect and dignity in such an appalling way? I would have thought they would have been a beacon of justice and fairness to the rest of us and lead the way in human rights. I originally produced this graphic illustration as part of a series of work to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights by using layers of past and present. The past is represented by a photograph of Auschwitz which has been overlayed onto the separation wall at Abu Dis in the hope that someone will see it in order to raise serious questions about what Israel are doing to Palestine. By creating huge guarded walls they are in effect creating a larger Auschwitz with ghetto style sanctions on limitations to hospitals and freedom of movement. We see in the West what is happening and it is not acceptable on any level.
ARTICLE 13 – Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th Anniversary
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 13:
[1] Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
[2] Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
These images of the Abu Dis Wall and the barbed wire at Auschwitz have been over layed to illustrate ‘Old Walls, New Walls, keeping out, keeping in’
Kashfi Halford kindly allowed me the right to use his image of ‘The Wall at Abu Dis; East Jerusalem.
The original photograph can be viewed on his wonderful flickr photostream at Kashklick. Also please visit his amazing website at www.kashfihalford.com
The 2nd overlayered image has been taken from:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Auschwitz-2.jpg
President Obama will address AIPAC at their annual policy conference Sunday, May 22, after meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu. Outraged that Obama is pandering to AIPAC? Tell him what you think of the Israel Lobby and what’s really needed for a lasting just peace in the region!
Help us get to our goal of 5,000 petitions to deliver to the White House.
Plus, take action in person by joining us in DC on Sunday morning for a rally outside the AIPAC conference while Obama speaks. See Move Over AIPAC full schedule and sign up to join us! http://moveoveraipac.org
Lyrics:
Hava nagila,
Hava nagila
Hava nagila
Va nisma cha
Hava nagila,
Hava nagila
Hava nagila
Va nisma cha
“Hey! AIPAC is meeting”
AIPAC is meeting
We have a greeting
Cuz they’re not speaking
For any of us
Justice is dying
AIPAC is lying
Lies we’re not buying
No No No!
AIPAC doesn’t speak for me
Apartheid’s not my cup of tea
Palestine to Tripoli
We want democracy
Buying Congress with their cash
All opposing views they bash
Can’t have them talking trash
No No No!
Move! Move!
Move over AIPAC!
Move over your weapon hawking
Move over your racist talking
Move over we’re freedom seeking
Move over cuz we are speaking
Move over move over
For a free Palestine
